Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) called on President-elect Donald Trump to “set the moral tone for his second term” by repealing the Biden administration's pro-abortion tradition.
in an editorial published On Monday, the senator reflected on to WORLD about the various ways the Biden administration has worked to allow more babies to die from abortions, not only in the United States but around the world. In response, Hawley called on President Trump to quickly repeal many of the pro-abortion rules promulgated by unelected left-wing bureaucrats and reinstate some of the pro-life policies of his first term. I suggested.
“Inauguration Day is approaching. A new political era awaits. And on day one, President Donald Trump can set the moral tone of his second term with the stroke of a pen,” Hawley wrote. . “He can fully reinstate the suite of pro-life policies his Health and Human Services Department developed during his first term. There can be no higher priority than protecting America's unborn child. .”
Hawley, who is best known for his role in appointing Supreme Court justices that Trump ultimately overturned, said: Roe vs. Wadethe president-elect also “advanced a series of life-saving rules and regulations through federal agencies that have saved countless lives.”
“Many Americans don't realize how significant an agency's actions really are. These rules set policy direction for the entire government, and federal agencies “We are influencing state policies through grant programs and other means,” he said. “Because Congress regularly delegates significant authority to federal agencies, the rules and regulations it promulgates have the force of law. For these reasons, it is the It is one of the greatest powers of the
Hawley said that unlike President Joe Biden, Trump reinstated a policy that prohibits Title X funds from being provided to abortion providers and that the Pregnancy Resource Center Access to federal fundsand implemented his Mexico City policy, which blocked federal funding to international aid groups that promoted abortion.
“As expected, these accomplishments came under immediate attack when Joe Biden arrived in the Oval Office. Pro-abortion activists in the Biden administration have spent years trying to dismantle President Trump's efforts at HHS. ,” Hawley wrote. “In the hands of President Biden, HHS has sought to force federal grant recipients to refer for abortions, defund pregnancy resource centers, and divert U.S. tax dollars to help pay for abortions overseas.”
In addition to promoting abortion through rulemaking, the FBI and Justice Department raided the homes of pro-life advocates and jailed peaceful protesters, calling the Biden administration's “abortion extremism out of control.” The senator continued.
The Biden administration also allowed the FDA to eliminate in-person requirements in 2021, allowing more women to obtain medical abortions at home, she wrote. Specifically, medication abortions will account for 63% of all abortions in the United States in 2023, up from 53% in 2020, according to a report from the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute.
“By making these drugs available by mail regardless of state laws, the Biden administration has imposed an abortion-on-demand policy on every voter and state, thereby putting women's health at risk.” “This will happen,” he wrote. “Before Biden, the Food and Drug Administration had long required abortion pills to be prescribed directly under the supervision of a physician. The Biden administration has watered down those rules.”
“Thankfully, today is a new day, and President Trump has the power to immediately begin protecting lives again. He is using that power to protect those who need it most: the innocent unborn child.” We should make bold use of it,” he concluded.
Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her at @thekat_Hamilton.
